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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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